Nike's new Tiger Woods advert looks set to join a long line of celebrity
commercials that have left audience bemused, amused or confused by their
message rather than enthused with their product. Below are ten that have
failed to stand the test of time.

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Nike Inc. is one of the few sponsors to stand by Tiger Woods during the scandalPhoto: AP

This "Fever Reliever" advertisement, filmed in early 1990s, shows a group of "surfy" men breaking down while driving to the beach. Pitt, who is with Angelina Jolie, is "surfer dude" number three. It also preceeds the short-lived craze where Pringles were used as a "telescope" after one of the sufers spies a group of bikini-clad women.

The advertisment for the lingerie film, made in 2001, was recently voted the best cinema commercial of all time. The raunchy short, called Proof, features the Australian singer riding a mechanical bull dressed only in underwear.

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The former Satruday Night Live comedian endorses the beer in a bizarre "comedy sketch" advertisement, filmed in mid 2000s, where his voice was dubbed in Japanese. After being frozen the star of Meet the Parents, Starsky and Hutch, is surrounded by cheerleaders before taking to an American football pitch as several players, dressed in full kit, race towards him.

This advertisment, filmed in the late 1980s, shows the star of Speed and Point Break play a frustrated Broadway dancer turned caterer. After preparing for the meal for dozens of guests he sits down to a meal of the berakfast cereal and can't hide his delight.

The Oscar winning star of Million Dollar Baby as well as The Shawshank Redemption and Invictus, is a phone line repairman who describes his hatred for the mouthwash while praising its "strong taste" for allowing it to work on one's teeth. He is perched up above the ground with a colleague as they discuss whether one should use it.

The British-born actress, who grew up in Australia, is a woman who wins a radio competition to go on a "date" with Tom Cruise but declines because her mother is cooking a lamb roast. The advertisment, filmed in 1988, is one of the country's most infamous and was made before Watts became a Hollywood star. Watts, star of King Kong and Mulholland Drive who is married to American actor Liev Schreiber, is now best friends with Nicole Kidman - who is divorced from Cruise.

The American actor, star of Clueless and Knocked Up, was a "teenager" in this 1991 advertisment while playing Nintendo's video game console. It shows him playing various games in super-sized screens that has "super power".

The actor of Con Air, Honeymoon in Vegas and The Rock fame stars as himself in this bizarre commercial for Japanese electronic devices company. In the advertisement, filmed in the mid 2000s, he goes to sign autographs to two girls but then goes crazy as he discovers they are triplets. He then sees other triplets around him and then drives off in a Ferrari. It is unclear what he was endorsing.

The star of Lord of the Rings and Happy Feet, is a child in a middle class family whose father is struggling to cook hamburgers on a BBQ. The advertisement, filmed in the mid 1980s, shows the family being "saved" after ordering a couple of "double cheesburger" pizzas from the fast-food chain.